Inspire The Future

After buying a 15-inch 2016 MacBook Pro in December with initially disappointing battery life, I became one of the skeptics. But I’ve been running tests and talking to Apple techs — read the details here — and I’ve extended my useful battery life dramatically. In one day’s test, mostly using a browser with a dim…

idia’s Shield line of devices is now more than six years old, and the latest member of the family is the new Shield TV, an update of Nvidia’s first set-top streaming box from 2015. The 2017 version slims down the console to a remarkably portable rectangle, adds a redesigned controller with a built-in ambient microphone,…

Samsung has a tendency to throw stuff at the wall, and see what sticks. I don’t mean that in a negative way – many of their seemingly-bizarre experiments became wildly popular (see: S7 edge). A patent application submitted by Samsung shows their concept of a foldable smartphone, and it’s interesting to say the least….

Korean electronics giant expects slight rise in operating profit for third quarter, but that doesn’t appear to include recall costs Samsung’s exploding Galaxy Note 7 doesn’t appear to have hurt the company’s earnings too much in the third quarter. The Korean electronics giant said Thursday that it expects its operating profit during the period to…

Apple’s next computer operating system will be released as a free update on September 20. Is your Mac ready? Apple’s next Mac update might happen in October, but its next Mac operating system, MacOS Sierra, will be released on September 20. Among the new features coming to MacOS Sierra are Siri integration, optimized storage…

The original was a gamble. It was big and strange and sported, of all things, a stylus — that forgotten (and at the time, gauche) piece of productivity hardware that had seemingly died out with the physical keyboard. It was also, to the surprise of many, a titanic hit. A gambit that quickly became one…

Welcome to rumorland, where we look at smoke from afar to figure out if there’s any fire. This time, signs point to a new iPhone 7 Pro. In addition to the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, the Pro model would feature a dual-camera system as well as a smart connector at the back. Two…

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New data released this morning on the mobile phenomenon Pokémon Go shows that the popular game isn’t only the biggest in U.S. history – it’s also breaking records when it comes to its ability to monetize and retain its users, as well. According to a report from SurveyMonkey, Pokémon Go is seeing retention rates at more than double…